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my new toy! the compaq mini 311c
it's a big netbook (almost exactly A4 paper sized) with 11.6" screen with nvidia ion gpu @ 1366x768
only got 1 gig o' DDR3 at the moment, but will take two more.
standard 1.6 ghz atom cpu - but i've already had it up past 2 ghz, and am contemplating flashing a hacked bios i found to give more o/c options. i'm having some nostalgic fun playing half-life 2 to test for stabilty.
it's not a gaming machine by any means, but overclocked and for a quick bit of fun on the train, i've been playing hl2 (on low settings) quite smoothly - there are videos on youtube of people playing cod 4, bioshock, even a tweaked-down crysis! the touchpad (and the cpu) is more of a limiting factor than the framrate. the ion gfx chip does seem like overkill in a netbook - but i don't mind at all, and i still get great battery life!
dual booting at the moment. one's a super stripped-to-the-bone xp for occasional games - the other is a standard 7 home premium day-to-day desktop. xp seems to give 10-20% better gaming framerate than 7 on this machine - must be the drivers...
all in all, i'm falling in love with this little puppy, and i can't believe it was so cheap!
i've been hiding outside the compaq factory...
2.1 GHz - i think i'll stop there. :)
see the overclocking thread for more details...
Heres mine now that it got cleaned and rebuilt,I took everything out gave it all a good clean.
Things changed:
- Installed Cold Cathodes
- Added 80mm fan at bottom
- Added DVD-RW drive
- Cable management
- Hooked all fans to Fan controller (Exept Gpu fan)
80% done
Before it was horrible,I couldn't even shut the back panel because there was so many cables, i couldn't compact them in anymore but now ive done it,the door now shuts properly and no cables are in the way :P
I like my PSU but its cables are way too short ,I had to buy a Cpu power extension cable+ 24Pin cable extension too.
4890 has been taken apart,cleaned...re-applied thermal paste and new Thermal pads on the cards Memory and VRM.
I was going to buy a new GPU cooler,But they all have problems cooling the VRMs on the 4890s for some reason,There was one cooler i came across that was okay for the 4890 because you could buy a separete VRM cooler but it was £££ and i was not willing to spend that much.
And the finished product:
I will get an inside shot tommorow :)
sweet!
i'm too embarrassed to show my desktop rig - it's just a dusty black box under the desk...
Wow I would never think to pull apart a video card to clean it. Seems like a lot of work when a blast of air could get 80+ percent of the build up. It's amazing to me just how much stuff these systems suck into themselves and how a good blast of air and Q-tips can fix them up. I'm also fond of an old tooth brush for the pcb's. Anyone got any tips on their system cleaning. Nice system and good cable management!
Cheers, The Cheese